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Letters to the editor: Can’t deny warming; now let’s lead fight

In September, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change released its “Summary for Policymakers” authored by more than 250 scientists from 39 countries. The report concludes that warming of the global climate system is “unequivocal.” The primary culprit, atmospheric carbon dioxide, has reached a level 30 percent higher than the highest peak ever in the past […]

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Society Notebook: Maine Community Foundation hosts reception for Nell Newman

“We are here to inspire people to give,” said Carl Little, Maine Community Foundation’s director of communications and marketing, of its annual Inspiring Philanthropy event held at Hannaford Hall in the Abromsom Center of USM. As a capacity crowd filed into the auditorium below, eager to hear the event’s keynote speaker, Nell Newman, talk about […]

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Society Notebook: Maine Community Foundation hosts reception for Nell Newman

“We are here to inspire people to give,” said Carl Little, Maine Community Foundation’s director of communications and marketing, of its annual Inspiring Philanthropy event held at Hannaford Hall in the Abromsom Center of USM. As a capacity crowd filed into the auditorium below, eager to hear the event’s keynote speaker, Nell Newman, talk about […]

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Pringle appeals defunding of HIV program

The Legislative Council will decide on Nov. 21 if a bill to restore funding for an HIV-prevention program backed by Rep. Jane Pringle, D-Windham, should be reintroduced in the next legislative session. Pringle, a retired doctor, said last Friday that she and others supporting the program that educates youth have been working to present the […]